The Conspiracy Song: lyrics and background

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Today, I release the sixth and final music video from The Cautionary Campfire Songbook (Amazon (UK) | Amazon (US)), and the associated album produced in conjunction with Koit: Cautionary Campfire Songs (Amazon | Google Play | iTunes).

Today’s lesson: Not everything you read on the internets is true. Don’t expect everyone to be reasonable about this.

I have made the artistic decision to refrain from any comment on the alleged merit of any of the conspiracy theories referenced in this song. Similarly, I have no comment to make on the alleged significance of any images used in this or any other music video. I make this statement of my own free will, and under no duress.

THE CONSPIRACY SONG
Lyrics by Tim Ireland
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The Pope is a lizard
And so is/was the Queen
Who murdered Diana
And got away clean
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Obama’s a Kenyan
And Reagan caused AIDS
George Bush had abortions
(or so people say)
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They knocked Norma Jean off
They killed JFK
Who got shot and poisoned
By the CIA
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They faked the moon landings
But Roswell was real
There’s drugs in the water
And worms in our meals
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They can’t hide the chemtrails
We can’t trust vaccines
We all know that jet fuel
Can’t melt through steel beams
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And the New World Order
Will brainwash your kids
And use MKUltra
To hide what they d…
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[Singer(s) to suffer a sudden and shadowy but ultimately unexplained death/disappearance by an unknown hand. Examples include: sudden and lethal mushroom poisoning event, forced abduction by hooded men, a laser from the woods appearing on a chest moments before a shot rings out.]
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